With its -1 Siege DRM, Rhodes is hard to take by siege, as Demetrius Poliorcetes learned when he so memorably tried and failed (305-304 BC). You will on average need to roll on the Siege Table six times, and lose 3 Mercenaries. That means you'll need a big army of six or seven units, and 2 full rounds, if you use your Tyche cards to pay for extra Siege rolls, or 3 full rounds, if you don't use your Tyche cards for extra Siege rolls. That's a huge investment of time and mass, when so much else is on-the-move in the game.

I wonder if wise players ever try it, given the difficulty.

Currently 3 movement points are needed to move between Rhodes and Paphus, on Cyprus. I propose 2 movement points direct sea link between Rhodes and Paphus on Cyprus. It makes geographic sense, and would make Rhodes more valuable.

It can be a complete disaster or win you the game. You especially have to worry if the Antipater player is going for it with his other general, because Greece + Rhodes is generally worth 12 points as it all but guarantees Largest Fleet.

It helps a lot if you have Traitor in City or the Heliopolis.

What's worst of all at Rhodes is when somebody else has the Fog card and you completed the siege in the Tyche or Movement segment, and then on said somebody's round he sails in, whacks your weakened army, and gets Rhodes on the cheap.